Dall’8 al 10 marzo, l’Africa Nouveau Festival ha ospitato una selezione di artisti d’avanguardia a Nairobi. Intorno al tema dei Mondi Paralleli, le installazioni, i giochi nella realtà virtuale e naturalmente i concerti hanno disegnato i contorni di un’Africa le cui notti traboccano fino all’alba, e l’oggi nel domani. Sebastien Lagrave, direttore del festival Africolor, […]
official video clip by Moritz Reichartz
Wise Two est un artiste Kenyan dont les oeuvres autour du thème du masque et du hiéroglyphe nous invitent dans un univers où se mêlent les cultures traditionnelles africaines et la modernité propre aux artistes urbains. La clé de son travail réside dans sa recherche d’harmonie, d’équilibre, d’esthétique entre les ponts qu’il construit et les […]
Batuk, the four-piece musical outfit comprised of Aero Manyelo, Carla Fonseca, Nandi Ndlovu and Spoek Mathambo, have shared the music video for ‘Daniel’. Shot by Kent Andreasen, the track’s arresting tribal rhythms are accompanied by beautiful visuals ebbing between the ochre hues of outdoor Mozambican splendour and luminous night scenes.
Since its release, ‘Daniel’ has been […]
Mpumelelo Mcata, one of South Africa’s leading artists and cultural activists, asks: ‘What is Black Guilt? I’ve often asked myself, why can’t artist Kudzanai Chiurai be free to just paint flowers or some shit…?’ The answer comes in the form of the directors’ first feature, Black President. Premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year, the film […]
Congolese-Angolan producer and Noirwave originator Petite Noir shares the mesmerizing new video for “La Vie Est Belle/ Life is Beautiful,” the title track from his debut album featuring Congolese-Belgian MC Baloji. The nearly 5-minute video takes place in a hyperreal virtual realm where Noir can be seen in an array of vivid digital spaces, bedecked in multicolored designs and formations.
“With this video, I wanted […]
